1891 in Mexico

Events in the year 1891 in Mexico.

Incumbents President: Porfirio Diaz

Governors Aguascalientes: Alejandro Vázquez del Mercado Campeche: Joaquín Kerlegand/Leocadio Preve Chiapas: Manuel Carrascosa/Emilio Rabasa Chihuahua: Lauro Carrillo Coahuila: José María Garza Galán Colima: Gildardo Gómez Campero Durango: Guanajuato: Guerrero: Hidalgo: Rafael Cravioto Jalisco: State of Mexico: Michoacán: Mariano Jiménez Morelos: Jesús H. Preciado Nuevo León: Bernardo Reyes Oaxaca: Puebla: Querétaro: Francisco González de Cosío San Luis Potosí: Carlos Díez Gutiérrez Sinaloa: Sonora: Tabasco: Tamaulipas: Alejandro Prieto Quintero Tlaxcala: Próspero Cahuantzi Veracruz: Juan de la Luz Enríquez Lara Yucatán: Colonel Daniel Traconis Zacatecas:

Events June 23 – establishment of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chihuahua, Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo, Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec and Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic September 15 – Garza Revolution: 60-80 followers of Catarino Garza crossed the Rio Grande from Texas into Mexico. Most are Mexican-Americans recruited locally. September 16 – a telegram is sent from Fort Ringgold to the United States Army's Department of Texas informing of the crossing December 26 – The Mexican Army is attacked by Garza's followers in a raid from San Ygnacio, Texas

Deaths February 4 – Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic prelate and politician (b. 1816) December 17 – José María Iglesias, Mexican lawyer and journalist, interim president from 1876 to 1877 (b. 1823)

See also Garza Revolution

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